Improvement in beer-coolers



C. REIF.

Beer-Coolers.

NO ISOO82, Patented April 21,1874.

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UNITED STATES IATENT OFFICE.

CHRIST. REIF, OF OINCINNATLOHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSEIJF 4AND HENRY M.FERNEDING.

IMPRVEMENT iN BEER=COOLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,982, dated April21, 1874; application filed February 16, 187 4.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRIST. REIF, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Stateof Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in BeerCoolers and Stands, of which the following is a specification:

My invention has for its object the tipping automatically of the keg inthe cooler as the beer is gradually drawn off, for the purpose ofenabling it to assume such position when nearly empty asto permitcomplete drawing olf, and my invention consists, first, in combinationwith the necessary skids in the cooler or stand for the keg to restupon,of a weighted lever and lifting-saddle to raise the rear end of the kegup gradually as this end gradually loses its weight. My invention alsoconsists, in connection with this tipping device, of a slidingperforated door, composed of two sections connected by a catch, for thefront part of the cooler, through which perforation the faucet of thekeg projects, the sliding function of the door serving to permit therise and fall of the faucet, and to retain at thc same time apractically close joint for the prevention of the leakage of the coldair of the cooler through this aperture.

Figure l is a vertical section through a beer-cooler embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

A represents a keg or barrel of beer to be drawn off by the usual fauceta. It may be inclosed within a cooler, as shown, having the customaryprovision for ice, or it may simply rest on the skids B B of a stand orbench. Vfhen first placed in the cooler or stand its weight is supportedby both skids B B 5 but in the process of tipping, the weight is takenoli' the rear skid B' as follows: A lever, C, is pivoted below thecooler or stand, which, at one end, has a weight, c, to balance theweight of the rear end of the keg, and at the other end has jointed toit a slide, D, having a saddle or skid on top, upon which the rear endof the keg snugly rests. As the keg or barrel becomes less heavy at therear end, (by reason of the discharge at the rear being proportionatelyheavier than at the front until after the axial line has been reached orpassed) the weight (which has less power over the weight of the keg asit descends) raises the rear end of the keg, so as to enable thecontents of the keg or barrel to completely pass olf at the faucet.

As in this operation the faucet has a curvilinear motion, I provide adoor or slide, E e, for it to pass through, which, by sliding insuitable ways in the front of the cooler, will follow the faucet in itsmovement vertically.

This door is made in two parts, E e, and the hole through it may be sosmall as to snugly fit the faucet, the provision of the sliding doorpermitting the use of a small aperture, and avoiding a large aperture,through which the cold air of the cooler would rapidly escape. rEheprovision of the two parts to the door enables the passage through thehole ot' the key of the faucet. llhe upper part of the door has aswinging latch, c, which engages a notch in the lower part, as shown inFig. 2, and thus holds the two parts together, so that they move as onedoor. rlfhe cooler has a detachable front, A', secured by catch a, whichpermits the entran ce and withdrawal of the keg, and it is this front inwhich the slide E c e is located. A sliding bolt, F, is used to supportthe weighted end of the lever, during such time only as is required toput the keg or bar rel in place on the skids B B and slide D, as shownin Fig. 2. It is released by the pressure of the fingers on the endofthe bolt which projects through the slot j'.

I do not claim a slide in the front or door of a refrigerator to iitover the upper portion of the faucet.

I claim- 1.. In a beer cooler or stand, the combination of weightedlever C c and elevating-skid D, constructed and operating substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the tipping device C c D for the keg, the slidingperforated door E e and catch c', substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony ot1 which invention I hereunto set my hand.

CHRIST. REIF.

Witnesses Tiros. HUNTER, J .Y L. WARTMANN.

